page_title: Iris Origo
hierarchical_section_title: Iris Origo
caption_attribution_description: English: Antonio and Iris Dorigo with baby daughter Donata, at La Foce in 1943Italiano: Iris Origo col marito Antonio e la figlia Donata a La Foce, 1943
context_page_description: Dame Iris Margaret Origo, Marchesa Origo, DBE, née Cutting, was an English-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to improving the Tuscan estate at La Foce, near Montepulciano, which she bought with her husband in the 1920s. During the Second World War, she persistently sheltered refugee children and helped many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans, in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces.
context_section_description: Dame Iris Margaret Origo, Marchesa Origo, DBE (15 August 1902 – 28 June 1988), née Cutting, was an English-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to improving the Tuscan estate at La Foce, near Montepulciano, which she bought with her husband in the 1920s. During the Second World War, she persistently sheltered refugee children and helped many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans, in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces.
caption: Antonio and Iris Origo with baby daughter Donata, at La Foce in 1943
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